پوتھا

Punjabi

Etymology

Masculine of پوتھی (pothī), inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀬𑀸 (putthiyā), from Sanskrit *पोस्तक (*postaka), पुस्तिका (pustikā).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /poː.t̪ʰäː/, [poːt̪.t̪ʰäː]
  • Rhymes: -äː
  • Hyphenation: پو‧تھا

Noun

پوتھا • (pothāf (female equivalent پوتھی, Gurmukhi spelling ਪੋਥਾ)

  1. a large book; tome

Declension

Declension of پوتھا
singular plural
direct پوتھا (pothā) پوتھے (pothe)
oblique پوتھے (pothe) پوتھیاں (potheyāṉ)
vocative پوتھیا (potheyā) پوتھیو (potheyo)
ablative پوتھیوں (potheyoṉ)
locative پوتھے (pothe) پوتھِیں (pothīṉ)
instrumental پوتھے (pothe) پوتھِیں (pothīṉ)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “پوتھا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
  • ਪੋਥਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*pōstaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 478